diff --git a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-2.2.4.ebuild b/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-2.2.4.ebuild
index c056689964c1a..c732f2ebbde7d 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-2.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-2.2.4.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1